About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an excellent individual to join our team of booking clerks in Oncology Services. This post will mainly be based at the Rigby Unit at Stratford Hospital but there may be a requirement to cover at the Aylesford Unit at Warwick Hospital.
As part of the booking team you will provide specialised, comprehensive and confidential patient-centred clinical administration and booking service within Oncology services. You will cover the outcoming of clinics, process referrals, book patient appointments, reception cover and deal with queries from patients and their carer's in person and by telephone/email.
This role is a perfect opportunity to someone who has excellent communication, customer service and organisational skills, works well as a member of a team and can meet deadlines under pressure.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a team providing booking cover for the consultants, junior medical staff and nursing staff within the team, with particular responsibility for ensuring new and follow up appointments are booked, and patients are greeted to clinic and outcomed appropriately in line with their clinical appointments.
To support the management of the elective and/or emergency pathways to include Cancer, Referral to Treatment Targets (RTT) and E-referrals.
To support the delivery of a specialty specific single point of access for patients. To work collaboratively with other members of the administrative team within Cancer Services.
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
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Job description Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Perform Registration duties as required:
Register and change patient details which are incorrect on PAS inter trust transfer process
Process Referrals and all aspects therein. Input referral data onto the PAS, Somerset Cancer Register and the MOSAIQ Oncology Management system /referral database as required incorporating RTT &/or Cancer Waiting Times
Open and stamp post, check emails and distribute accordingly
Print the Choose & Book referral letters
Scan referral letters onto the relevant database
Typing correspondence within cancer services
Book follow-up appointments for patients from clinic as and when required
Perform Call handling duties as required:
Liaise with patients - answer telephone in an efficient, prompt and polite manner
Make appointment bookings using PAS and the E-referral application of all New and Follow-up appointments within set guidelines
Contact patients to attend appointments at short notice or when their appointments have to be cancelled
Deal with queries and liaise with the Dedicated Clerks and all grades of staff in relation to appointment queries or slot capacity issues and transfer callers to relevant extensions where necessary
Liaise with reception staff, notifying them of patient cancellations on the day of clinic
Arrange transport/Interpreters for follow-up appointments where necessary
Keep documentation up to date including clinic codes
Perform Cancer Services duties as required:
To process 2 week wait referrals for set specialties
Contact patients to attend appointments at short notice or when their appointments have to be cancelled
Scan referrals onto the relevant database
Alert line manager/GMs if no capacity to book within 2 week guidelines
Input data into the Cancer Database
Run and check reports as and when required
Other
May be required to train and support more junior members of staff with departmental processes and procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Able to demonstrate good basic education. English language pass GCSE Customer Service NVQ III or equivalent
Experience Essential
Demonstrates understanding of the key functions of a Receptionist/Booking clerk role. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
Working knowledge of PAS
Skills Essential
Articulate - excellent communications skills Able to communicate effectively, including in situations where there may be barriers to understanding Friendly and professional telephone manner to support the above Able to prioritise tasks. Demonstrates potential to be able to work under pressure. Demonstrate understanding of patient confidentiality.
Desirable
Experience of Excel and PowerPoint
Personal Qualities Essential
Able to respond effectively to working alone or in a team. Conscientious and hard working Ability to deal with distressing situations patients/relatives Ability to use initiative Honest and reliable To be able to adapt to change Flexible Able to change tasks at short notice and deal with interruptions throughout the day
Other Job Requirements Essential
Able to work across different sites
Desirable
Ideally holds a driving licence.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Stratford Hospital, Rigby Unit
Arden Street
Stratford Upon Avon
CV37 6NX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)